Today in History

490 BC		Athenian and Plataean Hoplites commanded by General Miltiades drive back a Persian invasion force under General Datis at Marathon.
1213		Simon de Montfort defeats Raymond of Toulouse and Peter II of Aragon at Muret, France.
1609		Henry Hudson sails into what is now New York Harbor aboard his sloop Half Moon.
1662		Governor Berkley of Virginia is denied his attempts to repeal the Navigation Acts.
1683		A combined Austrian and Polish army defeats the Turks at Kahlenberg and lifts the siege on Vienna, Austria.
1722		The Treaty of St. Petersburg puts an end to the Russo-Persian War.
1786		Despite his failed efforts to suppress the American Revolution, Lord Cornwallis is appointed governor general of India.
1836		Mexican authorities crush the revolt which broke out on August 25.
1918		British troops retake Havincourt, Moeuvres, and Trescault along the Western Front.
1919		Adolf Hitler joins German Worker's Party.
1939		In response to the invasion of Poland, the French Army advances into Germany. On this day they reach their furthest penetration-five miles.
1940		Italian forces begin an offensive into Egypt from Libya.
1940		The Lascaux Caves in France, with their prehistoric wall paintings, are discovered.
1944		American troops fight their way into Germany.
1945		French troops land in Indochina.
1969		President Richard Nixon orders a resumption in bombing North Vietnam.